1.
This is not a scientific study. The data has been carefully prepared.It is possible, however, that after days of staring at a computer
screen, a minor counting error was made at some point.Such small errors in no way affect the overall picture.

2.Orchestras were selected for the sake of comparison in Austria, and the
German-speaking world. Major European and American orchestras were also
selected for international comparison. Both symphony and opera orchestras were
included.

3.At times the actual count is slightly smaller than the total orchestra
membership because some positions were unoccupied, or because the gender of
names could not be identified (see the right column of each orchestra’s
chart for a listing.)

4.Regarding the participation of women, the Vienna Philharmonic is by far
in the worst position.Internationally the average is over 20%.Both the Vienna Smyphoniker (a different orchestra than the Vienna
Philharmonic) and the Czech Philharmonic (which admitted women in 1996) lie
slightly under 10%.The Sächsische
Staatskapelle Dresden and the Berlin Philharmonic lie between
10 and 20%. 22 of the orchestras have a representation over 25%, and 11 over
30%.Two major orchestras are over 40%.

5.On the website of the Vienna Philharmonic,137 musicians are presented,
but the Vienna State Opera lists 148 positions. (There is a three year tenure
requirement before members of the Opera Orchestra become members of the
Philharmonic.) The State Opera is thus relatively large, even for an opera
orchestra.Only the Gewandhaus Orchestra and the Sächsische
Staatskapelle Dresden are larger.This would allow these musicians to have less services.

6.In
Austria, the Brucknerochester Linz has the largest representation of women
(35,96%.)This number is also relatively high in international comparisons.

7.With
over a 40% representation, the leading positions are held by the Orchestre
national d’ile de France and New York
Philharmonic.

With almost 39% the Zurich Opera O

rchestra
is also in a leading position.

8.Comparative data for the increase in women since the 1990s are
available for the following orchestras: Vienna Philharmonic(>1% since
1997); Wiener Symphoniker (+ca. 5% since 1995);Berlin Philharmonic (+ ca. 8% since 1999); The Czech Philharmonic (+
ca. 8% since 1996); Dresedener Philharmonie (+ ca. 19% since 1991); Sächsische
Staatskapelle Dresden (+ ca. 12% since 1991); and the Gewandhaus Orchester
Leipzig (+ ca. 17% since 1991.)This shows that since 1997 the Vienna Philharmonic has “held” the
representation of women under 1%, while all these other orchestras have made
significant improvement in the representation of women.For additional information concerning the comparative dates see:www.osborne-conant.org/status.htm

9.
The
orchestras in the study have largely caught up with their American counter parts.